Alternative Medicine

Hello Everybody,

I have just been assigned a paper on alternative medicine. I am curious if any of you know of any good websites. Or if any of you practice any type of alternative med. I am interested in yoga or accupuncture, but I am not sure I will be able to find enough information to my paper. Any help would be helpful.

Thanks,

Brown Suga

[KristaB]

There is a ton of information here:

http://altmedicine.about.com/

Lots of links to other sites about all kinds of alternative medicine.

What an interesting (but broad!) topic for a paper! :)

Krista

[annies]

Yoga is such a broad category, acupunture would be easier to address. Check with local chiropractors, they should have lots of handout type information.

If you are looking for a pt. oriented therapy you may want to look into acupressure. It follows all the same meridians, but doesn't use needles, so anyone can learn it and use it. A good site for a basic explanation is: http://www.garynull.com/Helpline/Org/Acupressurelnst.htm

There is an Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, CA

Check with Borders, Barnes and Noble or Amazon for books.

Magazine articles would be found in :

Massage and Bodywork Magazine

Massage Magazine

AMTA Journal (American Massage Therapy Journal) - Spring 2001 issue has a great article on acupressure for babies

No matter which topic you choose, there will be a ton of information available on the web. The biggest challenge will be weeding through the advertisement sites. Good luck and have fun with this assignment.

[BrandyBSN]

Music Therapy was one of my favorite forms of Alt Med. Mostly Cardiac, non-medication Labor and Delivery, and HTN patients. I took an elective in it, and thought it was fascinating.

BrandyBSN

[Peeps Mcarthur]

I use the Nursing Herbal Medicine Handbook frequently at my job and I love http://www.tnp.com............The natural pharmacist. It has referrences for research, and alternative modalities.

[Brown Suga]

Thank you so much for all of your advice. The websites are very helpful and informative. I hope all is going well for all the returning and new nursing students. Best of luck to all of you.

Thanks,:)

Brown Suga